Bill worked in Aurora, Kane, IL the 1930's. He returned to the farm prior to WW 2. He enjoyed playing softball and was the pitcher for the Bishop team, which played in Teutopolis during the 1940s. He would take his nephews with him when he played. After the game, they would go to the local cafe where Bill would treat them to an ice cream cone, while he would partake of several beers with his teammates.
When I first met Bill, he was plowing a field with a Case Tractor pulling a two-bottom plow. Meanwhile, his Brother, Albert, was walking behind a mule pulling a cultivator killing weeds between rows of corn.
He was always a jokester trying to pull a fast one on one of his nephews. "I bet you a quarter that you always put on your left shoe last.", he would say. If you took the bet, after you put on your left shoe and reached for the right one, he would say, "Pay up. The shoe in your hand is the 'left' one. It was left after you put on the other shoe." It was no use trying to run away, he was too fast and always caught us.
When he was working the fields, he would frequently have a nephew sitting on the fender of his Case tractor, straddling the light.
He and Albert ran a dairy farm. They milked twenty cows twice a day by hand. When nephews were available, It was their job to carry the milk into the milk house and strain it into large milk cans. After his Brother, Frank, wired the house and barn for electricity, they bought a milking machine, which made their job easier.
In the summer, they would plant watermelon seeds between the rows of corn nearest to the house. When the melons were ripe, we would feast on them. Bottles of Pepsi Cola were kept in a small refrigerator in the garage. We were treated to a bottle not more than once or twice a week. Pepsi was chosen instated of Coca Cola since there were twelve ounces in a bottle instated of six and a half for Coca Cola. The Pepsi jingle played on the radio was: "Pepsi Cola hits the spot. Twelve full ounces that a lot. Twice as much for a nickel too, Pepsi Cola is the drink for you."
He had a coon dog named Jack. One weekend, his Brother, Clarence, brought several co-workers with him for the weekend. One was black. Bill said, "Well, tonight we will go coon hunting!" which startled Clarence's friend since "Coon" was a derogatory name for a Black Man.
After Bill retired, he moved to a small house in Teutopolis. He would spend his time at the cafe where his fiancée Mary Liddy worked or at the KC Hall. He was known as the "Mayor of T-Town".
Bill moved to a nursing home in Effingham in 1994. In 1996, there was a tombstone located in St Francis Cemetery with his name engraved upon one side of the two spaces on the stone. The right side said "Compliments of Mary Liddy". Bill had been engaged to Mary for many years. She died about ten years earlier. Bill never did marry.
Contributor: Ronald J Repking (48426701)
When I first met Bill, he was plowing a field with a Case Tractor pulling a two-bottom plow. Meanwhile, his Brother, Albert, was walking behind a mule pulling a cultivator killing weeds between rows of corn.
He was always a jokester trying to pull a fast one on one of his nephews. "I bet you a quarter that you always put on your left shoe last.", he would say. If you took the bet, after you put on your left shoe and reached for the right one, he would say, "Pay up. The shoe in your hand is the 'left' one. It was left after you put on the other shoe." It was no use trying to run away, he was too fast and always caught us.
When he was working the fields, he would frequently have a nephew sitting on the fender of his Case tractor, straddling the light.
He and Albert ran a dairy farm. They milked twenty cows twice a day by hand. When nephews were available, It was their job to carry the milk into the milk house and strain it into large milk cans. After his Brother, Frank, wired the house and barn for electricity, they bought a milking machine, which made their job easier.
In the summer, they would plant watermelon seeds between the rows of corn nearest to the house. When the melons were ripe, we would feast on them. Bottles of Pepsi Cola were kept in a small refrigerator in the garage. We were treated to a bottle not more than once or twice a week. Pepsi was chosen instated of Coca Cola since there were twelve ounces in a bottle instated of six and a half for Coca Cola. The Pepsi jingle played on the radio was: "Pepsi Cola hits the spot. Twelve full ounces that a lot. Twice as much for a nickel too, Pepsi Cola is the drink for you."
He had a coon dog named Jack. One weekend, his Brother, Clarence, brought several co-workers with him for the weekend. One was black. Bill said, "Well, tonight we will go coon hunting!" which startled Clarence's friend since "Coon" was a derogatory name for a Black Man.
After Bill retired, he moved to a small house in Teutopolis. He would spend his time at the cafe where his fiancée Mary Liddy worked or at the KC Hall. He was known as the "Mayor of T-Town".
Bill moved to a nursing home in Effingham in 1994. In 1996, there was a tombstone located in St Francis Cemetery with his name engraved upon one side of the two spaces on the stone. The right side said "Compliments of Mary Liddy". Bill had been engaged to Mary for many years. She died about ten years earlier. Bill never did marry.
Contributor: Ronald J Repking (48426701)
Bill worked in Aurora, Kane, IL the 1930's. He returned to the farm prior to WW 2. He enjoyed playing softball and was the pitcher for the Bishop team, which played in Teutopolis during the 1940s. He would take his nephews with him when he played. After the game, they would go to the local cafe where Bill would treat them to an ice cream cone, while he would partake of several beers with his teammates.
When I first met Bill, he was plowing a field with a Case Tractor pulling a two-bottom plow. Meanwhile, his Brother, Albert, was walking behind a mule pulling a cultivator killing weeds between rows of corn.
He was always a jokester trying to pull a fast one on one of his nephews. "I bet you a quarter that you always put on your left shoe last.", he would say. If you took the bet, after you put on your left shoe and reached for the right one, he would say, "Pay up. The shoe in your hand is the 'left' one. It was left after you put on the other shoe." It was no use trying to run away, he was too fast and always caught us.
When he was working the fields, he would frequently have a nephew sitting on the fender of his Case tractor, straddling the light.
He and Albert ran a dairy farm. They milked twenty cows twice a day by hand. When nephews were available, It was their job to carry the milk into the milk house and strain it into large milk cans. After his Brother, Frank, wired the house and barn for electricity, they bought a milking machine, which made their job easier.
In the summer, they would plant watermelon seeds between the rows of corn nearest to the house. When the melons were ripe, we would feast on them. Bottles of Pepsi Cola were kept in a small refrigerator in the garage. We were treated to a bottle not more than once or twice a week. Pepsi was chosen instated of Coca Cola since there were twelve ounces in a bottle instated of six and a half for Coca Cola. The Pepsi jingle played on the radio was: "Pepsi Cola hits the spot. Twelve full ounces that a lot. Twice as much for a nickel too, Pepsi Cola is the drink for you."
He had a coon dog named Jack. One weekend, his Brother, Clarence, brought several co-workers with him for the weekend. One was black. Bill said, "Well, tonight we will go coon hunting!" which startled Clarence's friend since "Coon" was a derogatory name for a Black Man.
After Bill retired, he moved to a small house in Teutopolis. He would spend his time at the cafe where his fiancée Mary Liddy worked or at the KC Hall. He was known as the "Mayor of T-Town".
Bill moved to a nursing home in Effingham in 1994. In 1996, there was a tombstone located in St Francis Cemetery with his name engraved upon one side of the two spaces on the stone. The right side said "Compliments of Mary Liddy". Bill had been engaged to Mary for many years. She died about ten years earlier. Bill never did marry.
Contributor: Ronald J Repking (48426701)
When I first met Bill, he was plowing a field with a Case Tractor pulling a two-bottom plow. Meanwhile, his Brother, Albert, was walking behind a mule pulling a cultivator killing weeds between rows of corn.
He was always a jokester trying to pull a fast one on one of his nephews. "I bet you a quarter that you always put on your left shoe last.", he would say. If you took the bet, after you put on your left shoe and reached for the right one, he would say, "Pay up. The shoe in your hand is the 'left' one. It was left after you put on the other shoe." It was no use trying to run away, he was too fast and always caught us.
When he was working the fields, he would frequently have a nephew sitting on the fender of his Case tractor, straddling the light.
He and Albert ran a dairy farm. They milked twenty cows twice a day by hand. When nephews were available, It was their job to carry the milk into the milk house and strain it into large milk cans. After his Brother, Frank, wired the house and barn for electricity, they bought a milking machine, which made their job easier.
In the summer, they would plant watermelon seeds between the rows of corn nearest to the house. When the melons were ripe, we would feast on them. Bottles of Pepsi Cola were kept in a small refrigerator in the garage. We were treated to a bottle not more than once or twice a week. Pepsi was chosen instated of Coca Cola since there were twelve ounces in a bottle instated of six and a half for Coca Cola. The Pepsi jingle played on the radio was: "Pepsi Cola hits the spot. Twelve full ounces that a lot. Twice as much for a nickel too, Pepsi Cola is the drink for you."
He had a coon dog named Jack. One weekend, his Brother, Clarence, brought several co-workers with him for the weekend. One was black. Bill said, "Well, tonight we will go coon hunting!" which startled Clarence's friend since "Coon" was a derogatory name for a Black Man.
After Bill retired, he moved to a small house in Teutopolis. He would spend his time at the cafe where his fiancée Mary Liddy worked or at the KC Hall. He was known as the "Mayor of T-Town".
Bill moved to a nursing home in Effingham in 1994. In 1996, there was a tombstone located in St Francis Cemetery with his name engraved upon one side of the two spaces on the stone. The right side said "Compliments of Mary Liddy". Bill had been engaged to Mary for many years. She died about ten years earlier. Bill never did marry.
Contributor: Ronald J Repking (48426701)
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